Poetry Review: Pages From the Garden Aisle
Pages From the Garden Aisle by G.B. Cast is a collection of heartfelt and beautifully written love poems.
I really enjoyed how the collection starts with “The Poet’s Prayer.” Right off the bat, we’re exposed to the importance of poetry, why it’s more than just words on paper. Poetry, Cast explains, is a blessing—exposed stars—a light. It is the very thing that repairs the soul, and it’s why I love poetry so much. There’s something real and raw with a poem that can’t always be replicated in a novel.
This book plays with different formatting styles, different types of poetry. Cast explores new ways to explain similar themes, which keeps it fresh and the reader asking for more.
When I read Cast’s book, I see hope and lightness, even within those darker themes, which I really value.
Here’s my favorite poem:
This path was shaped
Not solely on my own
But by the ones I’ve met
Along this winding road. - untitled
My only critique is pretty trivial. There were no page numbers, so that was a little annoying to me, but that’s more a taste thing.
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Elizabeth Suggs is the owner and founder of Editing Mee and co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. When she’s not writing or editing, she loves to dive deep into books (the weirder, the better!), and she loves to take random long walks to unplanned destinations. Check out her recently released book Collective Darkness with eleven other authors. Buy your copy here: www.CollectiveDarkness.com